List of UEFA Cup and Europa League–winning managers

The UEFA Cup was a European association football competition contested from 1971 to 2009. In the 2009–10 season its name was changed to UEFA Europa League.

English manager Bill Nicholson led Tottenham Hotspur to victory in the inaugural final, an all-English encounter against Wolverhampton Wanderers. For the first 25 years of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each club's stadium. In 1998, Luigi Simoni led Inter Milan to victory over Lazio in the competition's first single-legged final held at a neutral venue, the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Only seven managers have won the competition more than once. Unai Emery is a record four-time winner: he won three consecutive editions of the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and a fourth title with Villarreal in 2021. Three-time winner Giovanni Trapattoni led Juventus to victory in 1977, Internazionale in 1991, and Juventus once again in 1993, and Luis Molowny led Real Madrid to consecutive wins in 1985 and 1986, as did fellow Spaniard Juande Ramos who managed Sevilla to victory in both the 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup Finals. Rafael Benítez became the first manager to win the competition as both the UEFA Cup (in 2004) and as the UEFA Europa League (in 2013), a feat later achieved by José Mourinho, who won the UEFA Cup with Porto in 2003 and the UEFA Europa League with Manchester United in 2017. Diego Simeone won in 2012 and 2018, both times with Atlético Madrid.

Spanish managers have won the title thirteen times. Recent finals have been dominated by Spanish managers, with eight wins between 2010 and 2023. Ten managers have won the title in charge of teams from a country other than their own; the most recent was Australian Ange Postecoglou, as manager of English club Tottenham Hotspur.

Managers

Franz Beckenbauer, winning manager in 1996

UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers^[1]^[2]
Final	Nationality	Winning manager	Country	Club	Ref.
1972	England	Bill Nicholson	England	Tottenham Hotspur	^[3]
1973	Scotland	Bill Shankly	England	Liverpool	^[4]
1974	Netherlands	Wiel Coerver	Netherlands	Feyenoord	^[5]
1975	West Germany	Hennes Weisweiler	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	^[6]
1976	England	Bob Paisley	England	Liverpool	^[7]
1977	Italy	Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	Juventus	^[8]
1978	Netherlands	Kees Rijvers	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven	^[9]
1979	West Germany	Udo Lattek	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	^[10]
1980	West Germany	Friedel Rausch	West Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[11]
1981	England	Bobby Robson	England	Ipswich Town	^[12]
1982	Sweden	Sven-Göran Eriksson	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	^[13]
1983	Belgium	Paul Van Himst	Belgium	Anderlecht	^[14]
1984	England	Keith Burkinshaw	England	Tottenham Hotspur	^[15]
1985	Spain	Luis Molowny	Spain	Real Madrid	^[16]
1986	Spain	Luis Molowny	Spain	Real Madrid	^[16]
1987	Sweden	Gunder Bengtsson	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	^[17]
1988	West Germany	Erich Ribbeck	West Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	^[18]
1989	Italy	Ottavio Bianchi	Italy	Napoli	^[19]
1990	Italy	Dino Zoff	Italy	Juventus	^[20]
1991	Italy	Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	Inter Milan	^[8]
1992	Netherlands	Louis van Gaal	Netherlands	Ajax	^[21]
1993	Italy	Giovanni Trapattoni	Italy	Juventus	^[8]
1994	Italy	Giampiero Marini	Italy	Inter Milan	^[22]
1995	Italy	Nevio Scala	Italy	Parma	^[23]
1996	Germany	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	Bayern Munich	^[24]
1997	Netherlands	Huub Stevens	Germany	Schalke 04	^[25]
1998	Italy	Luigi Simoni	Italy	Inter Milan	^[26]
1999	Italy	Alberto Malesani	Italy	Parma	^[27]
2000	Turkey	Fatih Terim	Turkey	Galatasaray	^[28]
2001	France	Gérard Houllier	England	Liverpool	^[29]
2002	Netherlands	Bert van Marwijk	Netherlands	Feyenoord	^[30]
2003	Portugal	José Mourinho	Portugal	Porto	^[31]
2004	Spain	Rafael Benítez	Spain	Valencia	^[32]
2005	Russia	Valery Gazzaev	Russia	CSKA Moscow	^[33]
2006	Spain	Juande Ramos	Spain	Sevilla	^[34]
2007	Spain	Juande Ramos	Spain	Sevilla	^[34]
2008	Netherlands	Dick Advocaat	Russia	Zenit Saint Petersburg	^[35]
2009	Romania	Mircea Lucescu	Ukraine	Shakhtar Donetsk	^[36]
2010	Spain	Quique Sánchez Flores	Spain	Atlético Madrid	^[37]
2011	Portugal	André Villas-Boas	Portugal	Porto	^[38]
2012	Argentina	Diego Simeone	Spain	Atlético Madrid	^[39]
2013	Spain	Rafael Benítez	England	Chelsea	^[40]
2014	Spain	Unai Emery	Spain	Sevilla	^[41]
2015	Spain	Unai Emery	Spain	Sevilla	^[42]
2016	Spain	Unai Emery	Spain	Sevilla	^[43]
2017	Portugal	José Mourinho	England	Manchester United	^[44]
2018	Argentina	Diego Simeone	Spain	Atlético Madrid	^[45]
2019	Italy	Maurizio Sarri	England	Chelsea	^[46]
2020	Spain	Julen Lopetegui	Spain	Sevilla	^[47]
2021	Spain	Unai Emery	Spain	Villarreal	^[48]
2022	Austria	Oliver Glasner	Germany	Eintracht Frankfurt	^[49]
2023	Spain	José Luis Mendilibar	Spain	Sevilla	^[50]
2024	Italy	Gian Piero Gasperini	Italy	Atalanta	^[51]
2025	Australia	Ange Postecoglou	England	Tottenham Hotspur	^[52]

Managers with multiple titles

Managers who've won multiple UEFA Cups/Europa Leagues
Rank	Manager	Number of wins	Years won	Club(s)
1	Unai Emery	4	2014, 2015, 2016, 2021	Sevilla (3), Villarreal
2	Giovanni Trapattoni	3	1977, 1991, 1993	Juventus (2), Inter Milan
3	Luis Molowny	2	1985, 1986	Real Madrid
	Juande Ramos	2	2006, 2007	Sevilla
	Rafael Benítez	2	2004, 2013	Valencia, Chelsea
	José Mourinho	2	2003, 2017	Porto, Manchester United
	Diego Simeone	2	2012, 2018	Atlético Madrid

By nationality

This table lists the total number of titles won by managers of each nationality.

UEFA Cup and Europa League winning managers by nationality
Nationality	Number of wins
Spain	13
Italy	11
Netherlands	6
Germany	5
England	4
Portugal	3
Argentina	2
Sweden	2
Australia	1
Austria	1
Belgium	1
France	1
Romania	1
Russia	1
Scotland	1
Turkey	1

References

^ DiMaggio, Roberto (18 August 2022). "European Cups – Performances by Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ Stokkermans, Karel (1 June 2023). "UEFA Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Tottenham legend Nicholson dies". BBC Sport. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Reds reach European goal". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "JONATHAN DE GUZMAN MET WIEL COERVER IN FEYENOORD TV" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Heynckes gives Weisweiler perfect send-off". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "The managerial greats". BBC Sport. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Giovanni Trapattoni - a career of remarkable success". Football Association of Ireland. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Free-scoring PSV prevail". UEFA. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "FC DYNAMO KYIV v NEWCASTLE UNITED FC" (PDF). UEFA. 18 September 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "This is Eintracht Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Ipswich thankful for Thijssen". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Eriksson plots Göteborg success". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Anderlecht shine in Stadium of Light". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "When England conquered Europe". BBC Sport. 19 May 1999. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Spanish flair should light up UEFA Cup final". Reuters. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "1977-1989" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Resurgent Leverkusen hold their nerve". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Napoli all-time XI". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Juve too strong for Fiorentina". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Ajax complete clean sweep". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Giampiero Marini" (in Italian). Inter Milan. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Baggio gives Parma lift off". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Klinsmann sparks Bayern triumph". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Stevens' unsung Schalke shine". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "The gentleman of Naples". ESPN. 18 November 2003. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Crespo wins prize for Parma". UEFA. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Galatasaray pride of Turkey". UEFA. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ Henry Winter (3 September 2003). "UEFA Cup Final: Liverpool hit treble top". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Van Marwijk named new Dutch coach". BBC Sport. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Mourinho makes his mark". UEFA. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "Rafael Benitez". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ "CSKA Moscow wins UEFA Cup final". NBC Sports. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.
^ ^a ^b Ian Hawkey (24 February 2008). "Juande Ramos and the battle of London". The Times. Retrieved 4 March 2008.^{[dead link]}
^ "Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
^ "Shakhtar target Champions League success". CNN. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
^ "Sanchez Flores". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
^ "Falcao heads Porto to Europa League glory". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ "Falcao fires Atlético to Super Cup glory". UEFA. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
^ "Chelsea seal late Europa League win". BBC Sport. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
^ "Spot-on Sevilla leave Benfica dreams in tatters". UEFA. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ "Sevilla defeat Dnipro to land record fourth title". UEFA. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
^ McNulty, Phil (18 May 2016). "Liverpool 1-3 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
^ "Manchester United beat Ajax to claim Europa League title". UEFA. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ "Griezmann inspires Atlético to Europa League glory". UEFA. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Bevan, Chris (29 May 2019). "Chelsea beat Arsenal 4–1 to win Europa League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "Sevilla 3–2 Inter: Sevilla win the Europa League!". UEFA. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
^ "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United (aet, 11–10 pens): Spanish side win Europa League in marathon shoot-out". UEFA. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Frankfurt 1–1 Rangers (aet, Frankfurt win 5–4 on penalties): Trapp seals shoot-out success". UEFA. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ Lowe, Sid (31 May 2023). "Montiel edges Sevilla to seventh Europa League triumph with win over Roma". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ Pitt-Brooke, Jack (23 May 2025). "Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League win is a triumph of management for Ange Postecoglou". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

External links

UEFA Cup official history

[1] DiMaggio, Roberto (18 August 2022). "European Cups – Performances by Coach". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[2] Stokkermans, Karel (1 June 2023). "UEFA Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[3] "Tottenham legend Nicholson dies". BBC Sport. 23 October 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[4] "Reds reach European goal". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[5] "JONATHAN DE GUZMAN MET WIEL COERVER IN FEYENOORD TV" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[6] "Heynckes gives Weisweiler perfect send-off". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[7] "The managerial greats". BBC Sport. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[trap-8] "Giovanni Trapattoni - a career of remarkable success". Football Association of Ireland. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[9] "Free-scoring PSV prevail". UEFA. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[10] "FC DYNAMO KYIV v NEWCASTLE UNITED FC" (PDF). UEFA. 18 September 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[11] "This is Eintracht Frankfurt". Eintracht Frankfurt. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[12] "Ipswich thankful for Thijssen". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[13] "Eriksson plots Göteborg success". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[14] "Anderlecht shine in Stadium of Light". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[15] "When England conquered Europe". BBC Sport. 19 May 1999. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[molowny-16] "Spanish flair should light up UEFA Cup final". Reuters. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[17] "1977-1989" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[18] "Resurgent Leverkusen hold their nerve". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[19] "Napoli all-time XI". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[20] "Juve too strong for Fiorentina". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[21] "Ajax complete clean sweep". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[22] "Giampiero Marini" (in Italian). Inter Milan. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[23] "Baggio gives Parma lift off". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[24] "Klinsmann sparks Bayern triumph". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[25] "Stevens' unsung Schalke shine". UEFA. 2 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[26] "The gentleman of Naples". ESPN. 18 November 2003. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[27] "Crespo wins prize for Parma". UEFA. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[28] "Galatasaray pride of Turkey". UEFA. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[29] Henry Winter (3 September 2003). "UEFA Cup Final: Liverpool hit treble top". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[30] "Van Marwijk named new Dutch coach". BBC Sport. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[31] "Mourinho makes his mark". UEFA. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[32] "Rafael Benitez". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[33] "CSKA Moscow wins UEFA Cup final". NBC Sports. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2008.

[juande-34] Ian Hawkey (24 February 2008). "Juande Ramos and the battle of London". The Times. Retrieved 4 March 2008.^{[dead link]}

[35] "Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 Rangers". BBC Sport. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.

[36] "Shakhtar target Champions League success". CNN. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

[37] "Sanchez Flores". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

[38] "Falcao heads Porto to Europa League glory". UEFA. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

[39] "Falcao fires Atlético to Super Cup glory". UEFA. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

[40] "Chelsea seal late Europa League win". BBC Sport. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.

[41] "Spot-on Sevilla leave Benfica dreams in tatters". UEFA. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

[42] "Sevilla defeat Dnipro to land record fourth title". UEFA. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

[43] McNulty, Phil (18 May 2016). "Liverpool 1-3 Sevilla". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[44] "Manchester United beat Ajax to claim Europa League title". UEFA. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[45] "Griezmann inspires Atlético to Europa League glory". UEFA. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[46] Bevan, Chris (29 May 2019). "Chelsea beat Arsenal 4–1 to win Europa League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[47] "Sevilla 3–2 Inter: Sevilla win the Europa League!". UEFA. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[48] "Villarreal 1–1 Manchester United (aet, 11–10 pens): Spanish side win Europa League in marathon shoot-out". UEFA. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[49] "Frankfurt 1–1 Rangers (aet, Frankfurt win 5–4 on penalties): Trapp seals shoot-out success". UEFA. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[50] Lowe, Sid (31 May 2023). "Montiel edges Sevilla to seventh Europa League triumph with win over Roma". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[51] "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[52] Pitt-Brooke, Jack (23 May 2025). "Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League win is a triumph of management for Ange Postecoglou". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2025.

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